Cross Country Teams Open Campaign at Duquesne

by YSU

Sunday, Sep 1, 2013 10:14 am

Pittsburgh, Pa. - The Youngstown State men's and women's cross country teams opened the 2013 campaign on Saturday morning at the Duquesne Duals. Eric Rupe led the men with a seventh-place finish while Monica Ciarniello was 11th for the women.

Rupe posted a time of 26:29.4 and was in the top 10 by more than 12 seconds. Penguin Austin McLean was 10th with a time of 26:42.0, Nick Gliha was 12th with a time of 27:01.9, Jon Hutnyan was 16th with a time of 27:27.1, John Richmond placed 27th in his YSU debut with a time of 28:16.5 and newcomer Ethan Wilson was 53rd with a time of 30:14.8.

The men defeated Robert Morris (15-41), Carnegie Mellon (21-35) and Saint Vincent (24-31) while falling to Duquesne (18-37) and Pittsburgh (22-35).

Ciarniello paced the women and was the second-best non-Duquesne finisher in the event. The Dukes took the top nine places while Ciarniello was 11th at 19:01.4 behind Pitt's Hillary Boxheimer.

Newcomers McKinsie Klim and Libby Rogenski had strong debuts. Klim was 13th with a time of 19:13.6 and Rogenski clocked in at 19:16.0. Brittany Stockmaster placed 21st with a time of 19:41.4 while Katie Heney was 22nd at 19:44.8. Emily Maxwell, Megan Monte and Ashley Smith also competed for YSU.

The women dropped a 15-50 decision to Duquesne, a 25-32 contest to Pittsburgh and defeated Carnegie Mellon 15-50.

The men were third in the overall team standings out of six teams while the women were third out of four.

YSU returns to action on Thursday, Sept. 5 when it competes in the Tommy Evans Invitational in Akron.

Men's Results
DUQ 18 YSU 37
YSU 15 RMU 41
YSU 21 CMU 35
PITT 22 YSU 35
YSU 24 SV 31

Women's Results
DUQ 15 YSU 50
YSU 15 CMU 50
PITT 25 YSU 32

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